Author Archives: JGrainer

A Child’s Garden

A Child’s Garden – a Special Place to Grow “What’s best for the environment?” is [...]

No Sweat Winners

Season Solutions – Winning Plants   What? You aren’t looking for a second job? We [...]

Pomegranate Punch – Really?

Proven Winners Superbells® Pomegranate Punch Rich, velvety red flowers with a black throat and a [...]

Planning Your Garden

  Planning Your Garden Key Planning Tips Start Small. If you decide to plant up [...]

Cutting Garden Perennials

One of the obvious joys of growing flowers is to bring them indoors where you [...]

A Stunning Couple

Blue Mist Shrub (Caryopteris) and Beauty Berry (Callicarpa) are a stunning couple in the fall [...]

GOT SHADE?

As with the annuals for sun, there are workhorse annuals I rely on for shady [...]

Bodacious!

Looking for Bold, can’t miss it, color and texture? Summer plantings that pack a lot [...]

COLOR! The True Performers

Color You Can Count On Even though I am a ‘passionate perennialist’, I rely on [...]

Shady Players

Shady Players This blog is for all of you who are frustrated by your dark [...]